Growing the best varieties of cauliflower and caring for them
Contents ✓
- ✓ WHAT CAULIFLIES LIKE
- ✓ CAULIFLOWER FERTILIZER
- ✓ VARIETIES FROM WHITE TO COLORED
- ✓ EARLY VARIETIES OF CAULIFLOWER (MAPING TIME 70-90 DAYS).
- ✓ MIDDLE-MAPING VARIETIES OF CAULIFLOWER (MAPING TIME 100-120 DAYS).
- ✓ LATE VARIETIES OF CAULIFLOWER (MAPING TIME FROM 125 DAYS).
- ✓ REVIEWS ABOUT CAULIFLOWER VARIETIES FROM GARDENERS
- ✓ THE BEST VARIETIES OF CAULIFLOWER - REVIEW ON VIDEO
CAULIFLOWER: WHAT IS NOT TERRIBLE
This cabbage is a real vegetable delicacy. But to get beautiful juicy heads, modified rudiments of flowering shoots, is not a standard thing at all. It is necessary to provide the plants with the necessary conditions - simple, but special.
WHAT CAULIFLIES LIKE
Cauliflower is more thermophilic than white cabbage, so seedlings are usually planted in the second half of May. Plants form a normal dense head in a certain temperature range - from 12 ° to 25 °. Therefore, if the summer is cold, they grow small, fibrous, and if the heat lasts for a long time, they grow loose. In drought, they may not form at all. To prevent this from happening, the plants are shaded and constantly sprayed. This cabbage is an annual, if the head is not cut off in time, it will bloom and produce seeds.
Cauliflower does not keep for long and darkens, but the freshness of the heads can be extended. The plant is dug up, the roots are cleaned from the ground and the lower leaves (3-4 pieces) are cut off, then they are hung upside down in a cool room. After a week, you can remove the remaining leaves. Wrap the head in paper and put in the refrigerator.
Before the appearance of inflorescences, plants need an open place, but it is better to form a head in the shade. It is difficult to find such a plot in the garden, so the shadow often has to be created artificially, covering the inflorescence over the broken bottom sheet. And it’s easier to cover the entire garden with a white non-woven fabric, and at the same time protect the plants from cabbage butterflies.
Know-how: order special hats for summer residents in online stores - thin moisture- and breathable covers made of non-woven material with an elastic band. They are designed to protect against pests and birds, as well as sunburn. The capped cauliflower will be white and clean. And a week before cutting, you can wrap the head of cauliflower with black non-woven fabric - it will turn white and become softer.
Due to the rapid growth of cauliflower, it places high demands on growing conditions - soil structure and fertility, nutrition, moisture. In addition, unlike white cabbage, it has a weak fibrous root system, so watering is needed mainly on the surface, loosening the soil 3-4 times per season to a depth of no more than 5 cm, followed by mulching. Irrigation breaks cause growth to stop and the formation of small heads that start early for further growth.
As soon as a strong stem grows at the cabbage, it is spudded, pouring an earthen pad under the lower leaves.
Cauliflower is rich in protein with a high content of essential amino acids and is close in nutritional value to chicken. It is easily absorbed by the body and is recommended for children, dietary and medical nutrition, especially useful for patients with diabetes.
CAULIFLOWER FERTILIZER
Cauliflower is fertilized differently from white cabbage, the numerous leaves of which, curling into a head, need a lot of nitrogen. The color head needs primarily phosphorus and potassium, as well as several important trace elements; Therefore, the composition and mode of feeding is very important. There are at least three of them.
The first - on the 10-14th day after rooting of seedlings: complex mineral fertilizer (azofoska, nitroammophoska -30-35 g per 10 liters of water). The second - two weeks after the first: the same azofoska and 10 g of boric acid and ammonium molybdate each. The third top dressing is required when the head begins to ripen, it is necessary to enrich the soil with other trace elements - manganese, iodine, copper, zinc: 5 g of manganese sulfate, 0,1 g of potassium iodide, 5 g of copper sulfate, 5 g of zinc sulfate per 10 liters of water . This activates the growth and development of plants and accelerates maturation.
The prepared solutions are applied under the root. If there are no micronutrient fertilizers, you can pour a handful of ash under each bush every 10-14 days.
VARIETIES FROM WHITE TO COLORED
The State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation presents a wide variety of varieties and hybrids of F, cauliflower, but there are not so many that are guaranteed to form a standard head in the middle lane under any weather conditions.
EARLY VARIETIES OF CAULIFLOWER (MAPING TIME 70-90 DAYS).
F1 Nautilus. Forms a large (1,5-2 kg) head. The inflorescence is well covered with leaves, which ensures high quality products.
F1 Snowball. Harvest hybrid. The head really resembles a snow globe - very dense,
F1 Cheddar round, sometimes slightly flattened, not too bumpy, weighing up to 1,5 kg. The upper leaves grow vertically and cover it weakly.
F1 Goodman. A hybrid with medium-sized (up to 1 kg), but very dense, tasty, crispy heads, which are securely covered with leaves and have a milky white color.
Stores well, ideal for freezing.
See also: Multicolored cauliflower - varieties of planting and care (Samara)
MIDDLE-MAPING VARIETIES OF CAULIFLOWER (MAPING TIME 100-120 DAYS).
F1 Cortes. Yielding unpretentious hybrid. The heads are rounded, medium bumpy, dense, weighing 2-3 kg, well covered with leaves.
F1 Fremont. Consistently productive, resistant to unfavorable environmental conditions. The head is dense, weighing 2,5-3 kg, well covered with leaves.
F1 Parisian. Hybrid of domestic selection. Productive, cold-resistant, resistant to adverse environmental conditions and bacterial diseases, rarely goes into bloom. Head weighing up to 2,5 kg, partially covered with leaves, snow-white, very tasty.
F1 Candide charm. Reliable, unpretentious, heat-resistant hybrid for different climatic zones, characterized by friendly maturation. The head is dense, large (about 3 kg), snow-white, well protected by leaves from sunburn.
LATE VARIETIES OF CAULIFLOWER (MAPING TIME FROM 125 DAYS).
F1 Skywalker. Forms large (up to 3,5 kg), dense heads well covered with leaves. Resistant to major diseases of cabbage, heat-resistant, hardy to adverse environmental conditions. One of the best hybrids for freezing, canning and long-term storage.
F1 Incline. Yielding, cold-resistant, relatively unpretentious hybrid. Plants are aligned. The heads are round, large (up to 2,5 kg), dense, snow-white. The leaves protect the heads well from sunburn and yellowing. The taste qualities are excellent. Resistant to major cabbage diseases.
"Colorful" varieties of cauliflower are not only more beautiful, but also healthier.
The orange hybrid F1 Cheddar has 25 times more carotene (provitamin A) than white head cauliflower. The composition of the cabbage of the purple hybrid F, Rosalind and the same variety Lilac ball includes anthocyanins that prevent the occurrence of inflammatory processes in the body. The green variety Universal is the leader in the content of antioxidants that help prevent cell damage.
REVIEWS ABOUT CAULIFLOWER VARIETIES FROM GARDENERS
VARIETIES CASPER F1 AND OIL CAP WITH YELLOW FLOWER
For several years in a row I have been getting a consistently high yield of cauliflower. But this was not always the case; the harvest largely depends on high-quality varieties and hybrids, which produce a stable harvest in any weather conditions.
This year I sowed the varieties Casper F1 and Butterhead with yellow inflorescence. The second one is my new one.
Casper is a hybrid with a dense large inflorescence, weighing up to 3 kg. The cover leaves protect the heads well from the sun and rain, fortunately, due to this, the crop is well preserved on the root, and it can be harvested from August to October.
Butter head is a variety with yellow-orange colored heads. This unusual color is given to cabbage by its high carotene content - ten times more than in ordinary cauliflower. My average head weight was 1-1 kg.
I am happy to recommend both varieties to those who have trouble with cauliflower. They grow easily, without dancing with tambourines. My care is the same for all types of cabbage. Until mid-summer it grows under covering material; under it development proceeds much better, and this is excellent protection from pests - no one eats it! If the caterpillars attack, I use a biological product. But I haven’t processed it even once this year, I didn’t get around to it. The caterpillars damaged it a little, but not much.
Of course, I always feed the plants. I did two nitrogen fertilizations: with nettle or manure fermenter (also urea or ammonium nitrate - 1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water - will give an excellent result if there is no fermenter). The first fertilizing is 10 days after planting the seedlings, the second is nitrogen fertilizing after 2 weeks. Around mid-July and then in mid-August, potassium supplementation is needed to grow a large inflorescence: potassium monophosphate or potassium sulfate, 1 tbsp. spoon per 10 liters of water, 1 liter per bush. Or ash infusion: 1 glass of ash per 10 liters of water, leave for 12 hours.
If your cabbage heads turn black, this is a lack of microelements, especially boron. Therefore, it is imperative to feed with a complex preparation with boron or simply boric acid 2-5 g per 5 liters of water.
© Author: Olga Yozhkina, Vologda
Reference by topic: Do not pick off the leaves from the cauliflower - there will be large heads of cabbage!
THE BEST VARIETIES OF CAULIFLOWER - REVIEW ON VIDEO
© Author: O. SHMAL, junior researcher Selection stomtsha mm. NL. Timofeevo RGAU-MSHA
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I planted cauliflower for the first time this year. Watered, removed weeds, fed. It even seemed to have begun to grow well, but in the end, out of six plants, not one formed a head of cabbage! Two faded away, and the rest faded into color. What's happened? After all, I tried so hard! I am persistent and plan to plant cauliflower again next year. But I want to understand what I didn’t take into account, what does cabbage need in order for it to set heads?
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When the outside temperature drops below +10 degrees, I dig up cauliflower with small heads (up to 10 cm in diameter). I put small clods of earth in plastic fruit boxes, transfer them to the greenhouse, sprinkle the roots with another small layer of soil and additionally cover them with spunbond. In the second half of October, I cut off all the finally formed heads. I transfer the rest of the plants directly in the box to the cellar. I water it with lukewarm water to keep the soil moist, and leave it to ripen in the dark.
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О There are some black dots on the cauliflower, the leaves are yellowish along the edges. What is this disease? Is it possible to eat such a crop?
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- This cabbage is definitely not worth eating. Most likely, we are talking about point necrosis. This disease is physiological, it is not transmitted from one plant to another, but nevertheless causes considerable harm.
The reason for this phenomenon is the large amount of nitrogen in the soil. Apparently, before planting cauliflower on the site, you made a lot of nitrogen fertilizers, both mineral and organic. Remember that cauliflower does not like excess nitrogen fertilizers, so be careful with them in the future.
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I really love cabbage, and all that grows in our area. But I prefer color.
In my opinion, it is tastier and more tender. Cauliflower fully justifies its name, because today varieties are bred with green, yellow, purple inflorescences. We managed to grow purple cabbage varieties Amethyst. But in the course of cultivation, we realized that cauliflower is very demanding on soil fertility, watering, fertilizers and loves loose soil. It grows well where the sun appears at least XNUMX hours a day. However, it does not tolerate heat. The heads develop better in late summer - early autumn, so we are not in a hurry with planting seedlings, we do it in June.
The technology for growing purple cabbage is similar to the usual one. At the beginning of growth, it is necessary to apply nitrogen fertilizers, then phosphorus, but special preference should be given to potash.
Therefore, after planting seedlings in the ground, we water it with mullein infusion, and when the leaves are sufficiently formed, we fertilize with ash infusion.
We harvest cabbage in early autumn.
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To get an early harvest of cauliflower, choose the seeds of the Intimate variety.
It is resistant to weather changes, very tasty. We also love broccoli, we planted Resonance - it made my family very happy last year with a good harvest and large curly heads of cabbage.
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How to grow a cauliflower
If the cold has suddenly come, and the cauliflower is not yet ready for harvesting, I save the crop like this.
I'm digging a shallow pit in the greenhouse. In it I make transverse furrows with a depth and width of about 20 cm, fill it with heated water to the top and wait until it is absorbed. Cauliflower plants dug up with roots are placed in trenches close to each other, falling asleep to the lower leaves with earth. I put the arcs and cover with a film folded in several layers. I throw straw on the sides of the cabbage. If some of the heads have not yet ripened before frost, then I put the remaining plants in boxes with soil and lower them into the cellar.